Posts from the “Running” Category

Right. According to my Nike+ app, I did 6 runs this past week but I know for a fact that one of them was a walk so it doesn’t count. At Nike run club on Monday we were given the option of a 6km or 8km run, which was kind of stressful for me because every other time you’ve been able to choose from 6km or 3km. Obviously I opted for the 6km, which went surprisingly okay. I did walk for parts of it though. I’ve decided I’m not one of those people who, when they’re tired, likes to slow down to a really slow run. I like to just stop. I like to fast walk for a bit then run again. I feel…

How can it possibly be the end of week 4 already? I don’t want to be clichéd and say ‘time flies’ but time literally does fly. What the hell, man? I now have less than two weeks to go from a piddly 4.5km to 10km. Not cool man, not cool. This week, like the previous ones, has had its ups and downs. It’s been a bit of a struggle. Firstly, getting back into it after falling off in Sydney wasn’t easy. Mondays 3km felt like the first 3km I ever did and I think running with other people works against me. There’s too much pressure, the crowding, the feeling of others in your general surroundings – it freaks me out. Secondly, the crappy weather…

Summary of below post in one sentence: I am the worst runner of all time. So it’s been a rough week, man. I got up at 4:00am on Sunday morning to catch my flight to Sydney. I packed my running gear and had great intentions to run around Hyde Park and other parks and you know, just around. I knew I would have a light-ish show schedule, the weather was going to be good, I was going to be one of those shiny all-Nike-everything fitness girls with their iPod going and ponytail swinging. In reality, I was quite the opposite. I had a crappy Sunday, really far behind on work, really far behind on emails (still far behind) and I was incredibly tired. I…

This week’s run training can be summed up in one word: fail, or two words: ultimate fail. It started off okay, I went for a run with Maddy on Tuesday. The last time I went with Maddy she owned me. This time, it was me that was pushing her along. What a change! What a surprise! I was secretly pretty pleased. It meant that things were in motion, that the training was working. Nike Training Schedule! Who would’ve thought? Fast forward to Thursday in Wellington where I was holed up in my hotel, severely behind in work and severely pressed for time. I decided to do a treadmill run. Someone told me that running on the treadmill was easier than running outside. Boy were they…

Yeah okay, so you may have heard that I’m learning to run. That’s a weird phrase, right? ‘Learning to run’. I mean, I know how to run, it’s just I can’t actually do it for very long. I’m not overweight or anything (thanks to good genes), so I think people assume I do some kind of exercise. They are very, very wrong. I think I’ve been to yoga eight times over the last eight months (I know this because I bought a 10 session card which expired after 6 months and I never used the whole thing) and also on three walks. That’s the extent of my exercise. The last time I ran was like, 10 years ago and it’s because I was forced…